Stories Served Around The Table
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#Weekend Coffee Share If you would like to sit down across the virtual table and share a cup of coffee and some pleasant conversation, then by all means, come on out and join us. Eclectic Alli is hosting a coffee share. This week’s share is here. and the link up is here. Come on and join in! I am… Continue reading Weekend Coffee Share
Sunday dinners were sacred. Family congregated to Grandma’s Brooklyn house on East 5th Street after church. Her brother’s family lived downstairs, and she lived in the upstairs flat. Grandma already had the sauce simmering, vegetables sliced and meat seasoned. I believed women got special dispensation from the burden of mortal sin by missing Sunday’s Mass.… Continue reading Craving The Adults’ Table
This story was first published in http://www.storiesserved.com on July 22, 2016 There were always boats in my life. Dad always had a floatable hull sitting atop concrete blocks on the lawn. He spent countless hours sanding peeling paint and varnishing brightwork. There were always a seized manifold or coughing carburetors dissected on a table. He… Continue reading A Boat Story
